unfriend

unfriend

To delete a friend from one's network on a social media site. I can't believe he unfriended me just because I disagreed with an article he posted.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • defriend
  • at doorstep
  • at (one's) doorstep
  • at (one's) expense
  • at expense
  • at somebody's expense
  • at someone's expense
  • be remembered as (something)
  • be remembered as/for something
  • be in (one's) good graces
References in periodicals archive
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Offbeat
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Editor's letter
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